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Apt. 18, Ft. Loudoun,
411 N. Loudoun St.,
Winchester, Va., Sept. 22, 1945.
TED MALONE
c/o American Broadcasting Co.,
New York 20, N. Y.
WAR LETTERS
Dear TED: (For Dr. English, University of Mo. - Book)
Here is a copy of most of a letter from my nephew:
April 20 - '45.
P. I.
Dear Aunt Mary:
Thank you so much for the Christmas package and card which, although recently arrived, were most welcome. I enjoy your clippings and other little items - individuality is so interesting and refreshing...
Have finally graduated from the wilds of Guinea and am basking in the joys of civilization - joys meaning those everyday aspects of living which were not thought of until one was subjected to the S.W.P.A. (and other theatres also). The Filipinos, in appreciation of their delivery from the cruelty of the Japanese, treat everyone like kings - consequently we are being spoiled more and more each week.
I suppose you are entering "the season" in your locality. I saw the apple country one spring and it is truly beautiful. I am tired of this tropical "flora et fauna" - nothing compares with the temperate climate.
It is very hot now, so I will stop and write again soon. It is just before sundown, but with no breeze, it is stifling.
Your nephew,
(Signed) John Church.
(Sgt. John Church, enlisted before 18, after a few months at George Washington University, Washington, D.C., on a High School scholarship, in an engineering course, elected in preference to Business College.)
[signed]Mary B. Graves (Miss) Mary B. Graves.

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Apt. 18, Ft. Loudoun,
411 N. Loudoun St.,
Winchester, Va., Sept. 22, 1945.
TED MALONE
c/o American Broadcasting Co.,
New York 20, N. Y.
WAR LETTERS
Dear TED: (For Dr. English, University of Mo. - Book)
Here is a copy of most of a letter from my nephew:
April 20 - '45.
P. I.
Dear Aunt Mary:
Thank you so much for the Christmas package and card which, although recently arrived, were most welcome. I enjoy your clippings and other little items - individuality is so interesting and refreshing...
Have finally graduated from the wilds of Guinea and am basking in the joys of civilization - joys meaning those everyday aspects of living which were not thought of until one was subjected to the S.W.P.A. (and other theatres also). The Filipinos, in appreciation of their delivery from the cruelty of the Japanese, treat everyone like kings - consequently we are being spoiled more and more each week.
I suppose you are entering "the season" in your locality. I saw the apple country one spring and it is truly beautiful. I am tired of this tropical "flora et fauna" - nothing compares with the temperate climate.
It is very hot now, so I will stop and write again soon. It is just before sundown, but with no breeze, it is stifling.
Your nephew,
(Signed) John Church.
(Sgt. John Church, enlisted before 18, after a few months at George Washington University, Washington, D.C., on a High School scholarship, in an engineering course, elected in preference to Business College.)
[signed]Mary B. Graves (Miss) Mary B. Graves.